Wichita eagle., 1887-07-24
JOG RNAL OF COMMERCE.


The Wichita Journa, of Commerce, which
is being prepared by the board of trade, viii |
be issued as soon as all of the necessary data !
can be collected and compile d which viii not |
be over a couple of weeks. The railroad |
companies and some Of the manufacturing |
concerns of the city are rather slow in fur |!
nishing desired particulars of their business |
as the matter will be given to the printers as
soon as everything is prepared. The work is
being edited by Mr.. Frank Gillespie, the as
sistant and corresponding secretary of the
board of trade.
The Journal will be a quarto in size and
contain one hundred or more pages. There
will be numerous and complete tables on the
real estate transfers for each month since
1880, the amounts of money paid out for
labor, for permanent improvements, OF all
kinds with classified statements concerning
the various kinds, numbers and costs
Of buildings erected and comparative
statements of the amount OF money invested
in business this and last year, also the
amount of blu. mess actually transacted dur
ing these two fiscal years from June IS to SO
and June SO to 49, In addition to the above
there will be tables giving the number of
people employed in various industries.
Special chapters will be devoted, one to
Wichita considered in her past, present and
future, others will present her advantages
for manufacturing and other businesses. The
packing and jobbing interests will receive
deserved mention. The railroads and ship
ping facilities will be properly regarded.
The leading branches of business will be fully
written up, and there will be nothing omitted
which would go to make a complete and use
full work giving full and complete informa-
ton concerning Wichita and will be calcu
culated to fully answer in con-
else and interesting manner all prob
able questions which people
anticipate coming to Wichita nigh be
likely to ask and will effectually contradict
any or all false rumors, which have been put
afioat by maliciously inclined parties with
the desire to injure Wichita. The work will
be printed on hard finished paper and with
clear type, the cover which will be of just
heavy enough weight to permit it to be roll
ed so as to be convenient for mailing. On
the front cover will be q handsomely de-
signed map with Wichita as the central
figure and showing her tributary territory
and the railways which give her such excel
lent facilities. Ingeniously located upon
different parts of the map will be some of the
most potent figures concerning Wichita.
The map is the work Of Mr.. Il. l.. Pierce of
this city. The work will also be embellished
by cuts of large number of the leading
business hou;es, public buildings, churches,
colleges, private residences, etc, and portraits
of our representative men. Several
pages will be devoted to legitimate
advertisements. All of the latter will be in
colored inks, and taken altogether the me-
chanical portion of the work will be executed
in the latest styles and processes known to
the printers and engraver's art The Board
of Trade has gone to great expense in pre-
pairing this work. and in order to lnake the
work as near self sustaining as possible, and
| at the same time permit our advantageous
features 20 be properly presented, has con-
cludad to give space to those who wish it at
very low rates, simply paying prices.
Mr.. c. r. Keller, gentleman thoroughly
conversant with printing, engraving and all
Of the most improved appliances, has been
given charge of the advertising de
partment and will wait upon our bust
ness men and give them an oppor-
portunity of being represented in the work.
There should be no hesitancy among the
owners of our principal blocks and finest
residences about having their buildings rep
sented. Our most useful citizens should also
be willing to have their portraits in the Jour
nal, as people the world over desire 10 know
wh at kind of looking men Wichita has, thai
she can make such progress as she does
There is no better advertising medium, a:
the work will reach people who wish to come
to Wichita, and will need posting as to bust
ness houses, etc.
The first number of the Journal will b
called the Sept mber number, and it vii
be issued quarterly hereafter-ten thou
sand each issue The board Of trade vii
send them to all who make inquiry for them
They will be sold at cost to real estate mel
and others, who can have their business card
and CON- pliments printed upon the cover FIRE
of charge.